The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-11-25

New York on the 18th.
THE WEST.
THE steamer Garden City went ashore
near Alpena, Mich, in u rain storm on the
18th. Her barges escaped. None Of the
crew were lost.
| HENRY LEE MosrER. aged twenty one, was
hanged at Wichita, Kan, on the 18th foi
the murder of Hugh b. LAWYER, an elderly
man living near st. Anthony. The murder
took place October q, 1856, in the Indian
Territory, just south OF the Harper County
line. The murder was most brutal, LAWYER
being shot from behind. President Cleve.
land, being appealed to, refused to alter the
| sentence of the Federal Court. The hang
ing Of Mosier was the first legal execution
| in Kansas for twenty-one years.
| BIZ collision near Battle Creek, Mich,
! the other morning between freight trains,
| an engine and thirteen loaded cars were
| wrecked and the engineer and fireman
slightly hurt.
THE Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home
| trustees have refused to admit any more
men until new cottages can be furnished.
The Chicago West Division Street Rail-
| way Company has passed into the hands Of
q syndicate OF capitalists.
}. FINLEY HoKE, the Peoria, ILL.,, bank
cashier, has been taken to Joliet peniten-
tiary to serve out his five years. sentence
for forgery, his case having been confirmed
by the Illinois Supreme Court.
A DERRICK in Putnam quarry at West
Point, ten miles east of Greensburg, Ind,
fell the other morning. instantly killing
John Davis and Joseph Noher.
A CADoosE and four box cars filed with
merchandise were wrecked and an engine
destroyed by collision between freight
trains near Brazil, Ind, the other night.
One man was injured.
The fourth annual convention of the
Western Association OF Architects began
in Cincinnati on the 10th with sixty dele
gates.
Miss ELLA BAUER, bookkeeper in a Chi
cago grocery house, attempted to go to the
fourth floor in the freight elevator alone,
and had her head caught by one of the iron
doors and was instantly killed, being hor-
ribly mangled.
THE twenty-first annual session OF the
National Grange began at Lansing, Mich,
on the 10th, nearly every State in the
Union being represented.
Six men were blown to pieces by an cx-
plosion in dynamite packing house near
1shpeming, Mich, on the 10th. The works
belonged to the Hancock Chemical Com.
pany and contained over a ton Of dynamite.
THE libel suit OF Rev. s. d. Human
against Bishop Hare, of Southern Dakota,
has been withdrawn. 1t grew out Of
charge by the Bishop that Mr. Humans
conduct toward Indian girls ut the latter's
mission was not ministerial. Bishop Hare
has now certified to Mr.. Humans general
good character, and intimated that he may
have been misinformed when he made the
charges.
COHEN, FINN & Co., dry goods mer
chants, at Ashland, Wis, have made an
assignment. Assets about $4,000. The
principal creditors are j. V. FarwciI a. Co.,
Chicago. and Michael Stein & Co., Roches-
ter, NY.
THREE men were killed by falling down
the shaft OF the Anvil mine at Bessemer,
Mich, the other day.
A STRIKE took place on the Consolidated
street car lines at Cincinnati on the 18th.
the dismissal OF an obnoxious superin-
tendent being demanded.
The steamer Arizona was burned to the
waters edge at Marquette, Mich, recently,
the vessel beng run ashore just in time to
save those on board.
THE Supreme Court of Wisconsin has re-
versed the decision of the lower courts In
cases brought against insurance companies
for non payment of licenses.
The Union Labor convention Of Wiscon-
sin, at a meeting at Fond du Lac recently,
positively refused to condemn the hanging
Of the Chicago Anarchists.
INDIAN INSPECTOR ARMSTRONG, now in
st. Paul, attributes most of the recent
Crow troubles to Sitting Bulls influence.
He thinks there will be no further trouble
now.
Two brick blocks in Carrollton, ILL.,, occu
pied by seven firms, were destroyed by fire
the other night. Loss, S3O,OOO
THE Manitoba T. Montana railway has